Skip to main content
Library homepage
 

Text Color

Text Size

 

Margin Size

 

Font Type

Enable Dyslexic Font
Engineering LibreTexts

12.2: Oblique Shock

( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\)

The shock occurs in reality in situations where the shock has three–dimensional effects. The three–dimensional effects of the shock make it appear as a curved plane. However, one–dimensional shock can be considered a representation for a chosen arbitrary accuracy with a specific small area. In such a case, the change of the orientation makes the shock considerations two–dimensional. Alternately, using an infinite (or a two–dimensional) object produces a two–dimensional shock. The two–dimensional effects occur when the flow is affected from the ``side,'' i.e., the change is in the flow direction. An example of such case is creation of shock from the side by deflection shown in Figure . To match the boundary conditions, the flow turns after the shock to be parallel to the inclination angle schematicly shown in Figure 12.3. The deflection angle, δ, is the direction of the flow after the shock (parallel to the wall). The normal shock analysis dictates that after the shock, the flow is always subsonic. The total flow after the oblique shock can also be supersonic, which depends on the boundary layer and the deflection angle. The velocity has two components (with respect to the shock plane/surface). Only the oblique shock's normal component undergoes the ``shock.'' The tangent component does not change because it does not ``move'' across the shock line. Hence, the mass balance reads

ρ1U1n=ρ2U2n

The momentum equation reads

\[ P_1 + \rho_1 \,

ParseError: EOF expected (click for details)
Callstack:
    at (Bookshelves/Civil_Engineering/Book:_Fluid_Mechanics_(Bar-Meir)/12:_Compressible_Flow_2Dimensional/12.2:_Oblique_Shock), /content/body/p[4]/span, line 1, column 4

\label{2Dgd:eq:OM1n}
\]

and in the downstream side reads

\[ \sin (\theta - \delta ) = \dfrac

ParseError: EOF expected (click for details)
Callstack:
    at (Bookshelves/Civil_Engineering/Book:_Fluid_Mechanics_(Bar-Meir)/12:_Compressible_Flow_2Dimensional/12.2:_Oblique_Shock), /content/body/p[6]/span, line 1, column 4

\label{2Dgd:eq:OM2n}
\]

Equation (8) alternatively also can be expressed as

\[ \cos \theta = \dfrac

ParseError: EOF expected (click for details)
Callstack:
    at (Bookshelves/Civil_Engineering/Book:_Fluid_Mechanics_(Bar-Meir)/12:_Compressible_Flow_2Dimensional/12.2:_Oblique_Shock), /content/body/p[7]/span, line 1, column 4

\label{2Dgd:eq:OM1t}
\] And equation (9) alternatively also can be expressed as

\[ \cos\, \left(\theta - \delta \right) = \dfrac

ParseError: EOF expected (click for details)
Callstack:
    at (Bookshelves/Civil_Engineering/Book:_Fluid_Mechanics_(Bar-Meir)/12:_Compressible_Flow_2Dimensional/12.2:_Oblique_Shock), /content/body/p[8]/span, line 1, column 4

\label{2Dgd:eq:OM2t}
\]

The total energy across a stationary oblique shock wave is constant, and it follows that the speed of sound is constant across the (oblique) shock. It should be noted that although, U1t=U2t the Mach number is M1tM2t because the temperatures on both sides of the shock are different, T1T2. As opposed to the normal shock, here angles (the second dimension) have to be determined. (8) through (??), is a function of four unknowns of M1, M2, θ, and δ. Rearranging this set utilizing geometrical identities such as sinα=2sinαcosα results in

Angle Relationship

tanδ=2cotθ[M12sin2θ1M12(k+cos2θ)+2]

The relationship between the properties can be determined by substituting M1sinθ for of M1 into the normal shock relationship, which results in

Pressure Ratio

P2P1=2kM12sin2θ(k1)k+1

The density and normal velocity ratio can be determined by the following equation

Density Ratio

ρ2ρ1=U1nU2n=(k+1)M12sin2θ(k1)M12sin2θ+2

The temperature ratio is expressed as

Temperature Ratio

T2T1=2kM12sin2θ(k1)[(k1)M12+2](k+1)2M1

Prandtl's relation for oblique shock is

Un1Un2=c2k1k+1Ut2

The Rankine-Hugoniot relations are the same as the relationship for the normal shock

P2P1ρ2ρ1=kP2P1ρ2ρ1

Template:HideTOC

Contributors and Attributions

  • Dr. Genick Bar-Meir. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or later or Potto license.


This page titled 12.2: Oblique Shock is shared under a GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.


This page titled 12.2: Oblique Shock is shared under a GNU Free Documentation License 1.3 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Genick Bar-Meir via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.

Support Center

How can we help?